Demonstrate Patch Compliance

WSUS is an excellent tool, but it lacks the ability to effectively schedule patches and report on patch status and inventory.
Manage patches for your Microsoft products, and diagnose and fix problems from the Windows Update Agent.

Despite using SCCM, when it comes to patch management and software distribution of non-Microsoft updates, things can get complicated.
View details for a variety of 3rd-party software patches and the status of endpoints managed by SCCM.

The time between the discovery of an operating system or application vulnerability and the emergence of an exploit is decreasing.
Discover patch statuses and vulnerabilities of all Microsoft and other 3rd-party applications.

Researching, scripting, packaging, and testing patches for 3rd-party applications requires time and resources you simply don’t have.
Use 3rd-party app packages, including Java™, that are already built and tested by SolarWinds.

With everything else on your plate, it can be hard to strike a balance between tracking patch status and applying new ones.
Determine the status of patches and demonstrate patch compliance to auditors and internal stakeholders.

Tracking who got patched, with what, and what still needs to be patched is hard enough, especially with new patches mounting.
View the latest available patches, top 10 missing patches, and the general health of your environment.

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Patch Manager is an industry favorite. Hands down.

“3rd-party patch management and reporting are the most important for us to maintain compliance. We are finding it could be helpful with future endeavors where we may need to deploy more individualized software packages on remote devices.”

Tom Kolbe

Virtualization Administrator

University of San Diego

“We were grossly unpatched on the 3rd-party side, and struggled to maintain Microsoft patches using WSUS. After going to SolarWinds® Patch Manager, we were able to shore up numerous issues and bring our systems to a better state.”

IT/Systems Administrator

Medium Enterprise Banking Company

“In the past, we would patch manually at each workstation during routine maintenance, at computer replacement, or in the case a severe vulnerability was found. I highly doubt we were doing an adequate job of all that before we applied the use of Patch Manager.”

IT Director

Medium Enterprise Media & Entertainment Company

“We installed Patch Manager side-by-side with our old solution and we found that most systems were missing 30-80 patches, despite showing that everything was up-to-date.”

Security Manager

Medium Enterprise Banking Company

“Prior to our use of SolarWinds Patch Manager, 3rd-party patches were not applied enterprise-wide. They were only applied to machines that experienced issues. Patch Manager has allowed us to consistently push patches out and ensure a stable and secure environment.”

Network Engineer

State & Local Government

“In the past, we were not easily able to deploy 3rd-party patches to clients. SolarWinds Patch Manager allowed integration into our current patching process and provided prepackaged updates for common applications.”

Security Analyst

Medium Enterprise Chemicals Company

Questions, meet answers.

What 3rd-party application packages does Patch Manager provide?

How often do you release packages for new versions of supported applications?

Do I need WSUS, SCCM, or both to use Patch Manager?

Is an agent required to use Patch Manager?

Do I need a separate server to run Patch Manager?

How easy is it to scale SolarWinds Patch Manager?

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What 3rd-party application packages does Patch Manager provide?

Ready-to-deploy patches for some of the most widely used business applications.

In addition to providing patches for dozens of applications used in businesses worldwide, Patch Manager allows you to build your own packages for any .EXE, .MSI, or .MSI that you wish to deploy.

How often do you release packages for new versions of supported applications?

Check out our track record on THWACK!

Although we do not have a published SLA, we understand the importance of applying patches at their earliest availability. We strive to build, test, and deliver patches to our customers in a timely and efficient manner.

Any of the above.

Patch Manager will work with standalone WSUS environments, or with SCCM environments that have a software update point (SUP). Alternatively, if you happen to have both of these environments, Patch Manager can be used effectively in both to quickly and easily deploy patches.

No, agents are optional.

Although the use of agents is not required, an optional agent is sometimes utilized to facilitate communication to machines that are located behind firewalls over just one port, instead of needing a wide range of WMI ports to be opened.
Some tasks like inventory or on-demand update deployment tasks do require our SolarWinds Client Components to be installed on the target machines, but that software does not run as a service, and does not initiate any communication on its own.

It’s up to you.

Patch Manager can be installed on your WSUS or SCCM server, or on a different server. Regardless, there are obviously performance concerns regarding whichever route you take. Please consult the Success Center for more guidance on this subject.

Seamlessly scale enterprise environments.

Because SolarWinds Patch Manager leverages WSUS and SCCM, its scale is unlimited. One Patch Manager implementation can integrate with an unlimited number of WSUS servers (or Software Update Point in SCCM).

Questions, meet answers.)

Ready-to-deploy patches for some of the most widely used business applications.
In addition to providing patches for dozens of applications used in businesses worldwide, Patch Manager allows you to build your own packages for any .EXE, .MSI, or .MSI that you wish to deploy.

Check out our track record on THWACK!
Although we do not have a published SLA, we understand the importance of applying patches at their earliest availability. We strive to build, test, and deliver patches to our customers in a timely and efficient manner.

Any of the above.
Patch Manager will work with standalone WSUS environments, or with SCCM environments that have a software update point (SUP). Alternatively, if you happen to have both of these environments, Patch Manager can be used effectively in both to quickly and easily deploy patches.

No, agents are optional.
Although the use of agents is not required, an optional agent is sometimes utilized to facilitate communication to machines that are located behind firewalls over just one port, instead of needing a wide range of WMI ports to be opened.
Some tasks like inventory or on-demand update deployment tasks do require our SolarWinds Client Components to be installed on the target machines, but that software does not run as a service, and does not initiate any communication on its own.

It’s up to you.
Patch Manager can be installed on your WSUS or SCCM server, or on a different server. Regardless, there are obviously performance concerns regarding whichever route you take. Please consult the Success Center for more guidance on this subject.

Seamlessly scale enterprise environments.
Because SolarWinds Patch Manager leverages WSUS and SCCM, its scale is unlimited. One Patch Manager implementation can integrate with an unlimited number of WSUS servers (or Software Update Point in SCCM).

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What is software patching?

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Software patching involves the acquisition, testing, and installing of code - known as a patch - into an executable program to provide an update, fix, or improved version of the program or its supporting data. Although software patching is critical for IT security, IT administrators that manage this process can spend an exorbitant amount of time manually applying and tracking patches across an entire IT infrastructure. Many choose, instead, to leverage patch management software to automate this process, not only for software patching, but to patch servers and workstations as well.